Around May 28, 1818

William Frazer, an ordinary soldier in the Seminole war was ordered to take action against the creeks in southern Florida; he started his marched from Fort Mitchell in 1817 with his 200 fellow soldiers when he was called to order. The soldiers had expected the creek warriors' reactions were to be slightly territorial, as they hoped for the opposite. For many of the men it was their first time...

A Seminole woman approached General Andrew Jackson after a skirmish during the First Seminole War. She claimed to have knowledge of the whereabouts of Peter McQueen, an Indian prophet whom the United States Army had been pursuing for some time. General Jackson had recently just narrowly missed capturing his at Natural Bridge. As per his quick temper, the general was enraged. This Seminole woman...

During the summer of 1818, William Amphlett traveled with his wife, five children and two servants on a ship from Liverpool, England to the shores in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was a large city in the early 19th century and popular gateway for immigrants since the colonial era. During his travels, Amphlett detailed his experiences in a book he entitled The...

The ladies and gentlemen of Lexington County gathered at Mount Pisgah Church to remember and celebrate the 42nd birthday of their young country. The celebration started out with an appropriate hymn and oration from the speaker of the day, Mr. Bossard, who was escorted to the steps of the church by the corps of local Riflemen. The crowd was lead in prayer by the Reverend Mr. Cook. Mr. Bossard read...

An Englishman named Gregor McGregor, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars, wanted to take over East Florida in the name of Venezuela, New Granada, Mexico and Rio de la Plata. He had been unable to establish a government among the Venezuelans as he had wished, and had lost all hope of receiving supplies for his army there, so in February 1817, he moved on to Mexico. On the Island of St. Thomas, he...

On January 22, the South Carolina Southern Patriot first reported the escape of a slave girl by the name of Mary or Mary Ann' from Joseph Maybank on the 12th of the same month. The advertisement described her as standing 5'8' tall with a yellow complexion and a split front tooth. There was an offered award of 20 for her capture and return.<br />It was not uncommon for four...

The public land in the Missouri territory not for sale to the private market prior to 1818 due to a complex mix of settlers attempting to procure choice slots of land for free after the devastating earthquake that hit the town of New Madrid, a failure to settle old Spanish claims, and a reluctance to settle past the Mississippi. As such, there was a scarceness of land and speculation of private...

"I am ready to allow, Mr. President, that both Great Britain and France, have given us abundant cause for war." These were the words of General German in the United State Senate that was displayed by the press in Spooner's Vermont Journal. The war described here is the War of 1812, where both Great Britain and France attempted to bully the United States into trade allegiances with either nation....

Fowl Town, an Indian village in Spanish- controlled Florida, was the site of one of the major events in the First Seminole War. It was visited three times by United States troops, the first time marking the first official engagement of the war. These skirmishes resulted in the deaths of three Seminoles, the capture of one, and the abandonment of the town.

After getting their constitution approved in August, Mississippi held its first election for governor and Representatives to Congress. Rumors abounded in other states that some of the polling places were occupied by soldiers with bayonets trying to control the voters. The Washington Republican & Natchez Intelligencer of Mississippi fiercely denied these allegations. To admit such lawlessness...